Having Yourself a Crappy Little Xmas? Depressing Yuletide Songs & Films
So long as you aren’t depressed to the point of considering self-harm, then here’s a fine selection of miserable Christmas Songs, including John Prine’s…
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Billy Jack (1971): A Deeply Satisfying Viewing Experience for This Leftist
Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack Billy Calls Deputy's Bluff - Big Time (1080p HD) BILLY JACK Classic ClipsWatch this video on YouTube Tom…
Retro Review: Basic Instinct 2 (2006): What Were They Thinking?
Some people may have (mercifully) forgotten that there actually was a sequel to Paul Verhoeven’s naughty smash hit erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992). But…
Move Over Cersei: Starz is Developing an Eleanor of Aquitaine Series
Deadline is reporting that Starz is currently developing a slate of series inspired by “extraordinary women of history” and has set a drama about Eleanor…
One Last Heist: Best ‘Getting the Old Gang Back Together’ Films
If ever there’s an overused trope, it’s the one where aging crooks get together for one last job – or where a punchy…
Plonk: Wino Forever? Several Great Films About Wine
Unsurprisingly, the most iconic films about wine often combine exotic locations with either comedy or romance, which is timely because which of us doesn’t need…
Will the New Frankenstein Series Surpass the Quality of the 1973 Mini-Series?
US-based indie Stone Village has teamed up with international production company BlackBox Multimedia for a new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s seminal horror novel Frankenstein as…
Bombs Away: 70’s Disaster Flicks That Could Foreshadow Present Day
Aside from the flashier star-laden disaster movies of the 1970s most of us are familiar with such as The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, the…
Dead of Night (1945): British Horror Anthology Retains the Power to Shock
Who’d have thought that a movie released shortly after the end of WWII with a setting in the genteel English shires and snooty London…
It’s Not the Winning… The Best Sore Losers in the Movies
There’s a storied history of the sore loser in motion pictures. Some of my favorites could be Emperor Palpatine’s refusal to accept his overthrow and death…